Romney Tries to Refocus, What's Your Verdict?, Obama's 27 Minutes, Will Ferrell Punches a Baby (PM Note)

Romney Tries to Refocus, What's Your Verdict?, Obama's 27 Minutes, Will Ferrell Punches a Baby (PM Note) May 11, 2012 06:29 PM Bully vs. Stoner - It turns out politics isn't really like a high school popularity contest. Otherwise we'd have the election of the stoner vs. the bully, judging by the worst stories of our candidates' youths -http://abcn.ws/IRpBVRRomney Asked if He Was a Bully - Romney by ABC Affiliate WSOC in North Carolina -  A lot of people talking this morning about the incident from high school, back in 65. Some...

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Offitt on the offense against National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine budget

The Los Angeles Times wrote about an essay in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, stating:“…many studies funded by NCCAM lack a sound biological underpinning, which should be an important requirement for funding. For example, NCCAM officials have spent $374 000 to find that inhaling lemon and lavender scents does not promote wound healing; $750 000 to find that prayer does not cure AIDS or hasten recovery from breast-reconstruction surgery; $390 000 to find that ancient Indian remedies do not control type 2...

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Offitt on the offense against National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine budget

The Los Angeles Times wrote about an essay in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, stating:“…many studies funded by NCCAM lack a sound biological underpinning, which should be an important requirement for funding. For example, NCCAM officials have spent $374 000 to find that inhaling lemon and lavender scents does not promote wound healing; $750 000 to find that prayer does not cure AIDS or hasten recovery from breast-reconstruction surgery; $390 000 to find that ancient Indian remedies do not control type 2...

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Offitt on the offense against National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine budget

The Los Angeles Times wrote about an essay in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, stating:“…many studies funded by NCCAM lack a sound biological underpinning, which should be an important requirement for funding. For example, NCCAM officials have spent $374 000 to find that inhaling lemon and lavender scents does not promote wound healing; $750 000 to find that prayer does not cure AIDS or hasten recovery from breast-reconstruction surgery; $390 000 to find that ancient Indian remedies do not control type 2...

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At Home Gel Manicure With Red Carpet Manicure

If you’ve heard about gel manicures, you know that they are long-lasting and help harden your nails.  They are also somewhat expensive and time consuming to get, which makes the concept of an at-home solution sound appealing to me.  When I was getting my hair cut and colored at Ulta a few weeks ago, I saw the Red Carpet Manicure pro kit, and decided to give it a try.  Although it is pricey, it includes everything you need to create...

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Patient satisfaction surveys don’t tell the whole story about health care quality

The following is a guest post by Harold DeMonaco, one of our expert editors for HealthNewsReview.org and director of the Innovation Support Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital.————————————————————A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine is turning a few heads in the health policy arena.  The cost of satisfaction: A national study of patient satisfaction, health care utilization, expenditures and mortality  study examined the records of more than 34,000 adults for 4 years.  The results are a surprise...

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Patient satisfaction surveys don’t tell the whole story about health care quality

The following is a guest post by Harold DeMonaco, one of our expert editors for HealthNewsReview.org and director of the Innovation Support Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital.————————————————————A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine is turning a few heads in the health policy arena.  The cost of satisfaction: A national study of patient satisfaction, health care utilization, expenditures and mortality  study examined the records of more than 34,000 adults for 4 years.  The results are a surprise...

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Patient satisfaction surveys don’t tell the whole story about health care quality

The following is a guest post by Harold DeMonaco, one of our expert editors for HealthNewsReview.org and director of the Innovation Support Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital.————————————————————A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine is turning a few heads in the health policy arena.  The cost of satisfaction: A national study of patient satisfaction, health care utilization, expenditures and mortality  study examined the records of more than 34,000 adults for 4 years.  The results are a surprise...

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And the Crazy Traveling Is Done…Thank Goodness

The Ritz Carlton Key BiscayneMy crazy six weeks of traveling has just ended.  Since late March, I’ve been on the Disney Fantasy, on a family vacation to Phoenix, on a press trip to Virginia, at the Disney Social Media Celebration, and to Mom 2.0 in Key Biscayne, Florida.  I love traveling, and although it is a strain on my family, I always enjoy it.Until this trip….Here’s just a few of the things that happened:After landing in Miami,...

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Off to Beijing for National Cancer Institute workshop for Chinese journalists

photo by Jorge Lascar on FlickrThe website will be on hold over the next week, as I’m traveling to Beijing to help lead a workshop for Chinese journalists hosted by the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.This will be the third international journalism workshop I’ve done with the National Cancer Institute – with several more on the horizon within the next year.We are gratified...

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Off to Beijing for National Cancer Institute workshop for Chinese journalists

photo by Jorge Lascar on FlickrThe website will be on hold over the next week, as I’m traveling to Beijing to help lead a workshop for Chinese journalists hosted by the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.This will be the third international journalism workshop I’ve done with the National Cancer Institute – with several more on the horizon within the next year.We are gratified...

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Off to Beijing for National Cancer Institute workshop for Chinese journalists

photo by Jorge Lascar on FlickrThe website will be on hold over the next week, as I’m traveling to Beijing to help lead a workshop for Chinese journalists hosted by the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.This will be the third international journalism workshop I’ve done with the National Cancer Institute – with several more on the horizon within the next year.We are gratified...

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